Hi,
I'm a grade 12 student, living
in Canada, and recently read
a heart wrenching story about
the terrible treatment of the
women in Afghanistan. I was
absolutely furious when I read
of the situation and even further
saddened to think how shielded
and ignorant we are of the problem.
I proposed to my school's multicultural
group that we try to raise some
level awareness in the school
community and they loved the
idea. If there is any thing
you can suggest we do or someone
we should call/e-mail we would
be extremely grateful. Thanks
for your time, M. Datta Ray

Thanks
for your note to FEMINIST.COM
and for helping to inform your
classmates about the injustices
that hurt many women around
the world. I lived most of my
life thus far, never knowing
about how many women around
the world are subjected to such
discrepancies and plain old
hurt.

To learn more about how to fight
against these types of international
injustices--you should contact
Equality Now, an organization that deals specifically
with human rights abuses as
they relate specifically to
women. They can surely provide
you with information about how
to take action and with enough
resources to make those actions
well informed. You should also
reference the Activism section at FEMINIST.COM.
We have one specifically about
Afghanistan with appropriate
resource material. I hope this
information helps -- and I think
it's great that you are taking
these steps. Good luck and I
hope that your classmates appreciate
it.